The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
EARLY INDIANA.
A Day Spent Very Pleasantly With Hon.
Stephen :. Harding.
cincinnati Telegram. 1

Telegram representative was RECALLED with
the following old-time stories by the grand
| old man."
| coHJUGATIoE AND CONFUSION.
"In my first school my textbooks were
'Webster's Elementary Spelling-book,' Day
OILS Arithmetic and English Reader
Grammar was not studied in our school.
remember young lady who tried to study
the last named branch, but she made an
| Ignominious. failure. When she came to
| school she bad copy of Lindley Murray's
grammar. In those days classes were not
known. Each one recited his lesson sepa-
rately. When this young lady was called up
| 10 reclte her grammar lesson she began to
conjugate:
81 love, you love, he loves
This was novel performance in the eyes
OF the school. The boys ia buckskin burst
into loud outlaws and the girls in homespun
broke out in general litter and the young
lady retired to her seat covered with
bushes, and then and there abandoned the
study of grammar.
WHEN WHISKY WAS FOOD.
while attending school at Vevay, Ind,
received an unexpected honor. An old
fashioned barbecue was held near my
fathers house, and the committee unani-
mously selected me to deliver the address.
This barbecue was an immense affair. Two
of the tables were not less than 800 feet IN
length. Pits were dug and beeves roasted
in them in half sections. There was plenty
OF food for the thousands of people. Whisky
was carried around in buckets and handed
out by the tincupful. Whisky was better
and purer then than now, and was not 50 in
t0xlcatlng. No gathering was complete with
out whisky. l have known men to go from
house to house in aneighborhOod for twenty
hve days in succession engaged in barn-rais-
iDgs and log-rollings and the bucket of
whisky was passed around daily. There
were no saloons then. A man who was able
bought whisky by the barrel and sold it out
to his neighbors who wanted it. without
license.
LUCKY LATIN LINE.
Judge Eggleston examined me for ad-
mission to the bar. He took me through a
course of sprouts He began on Blackstone
and examined me as to the old English
tenures and land titles. Noon came, and
neither of us went to dinner. The examina-
ton continued until night, and the Judge
left inc without word as to my fate. He
was a great stickler on tecbnIcalities, and
had been impatient at my answers ali day.
l was blue. l thought had failed, and as |
imagined what my numerous acquaint.
anees-,especially my young lady friends
would say, / shuddered. l got down my
books and looked up information on the
questions l had been asked. Mr.. Morris
came in and said:
"'Hsrding, what's the matterp"
i think Judge Eggleston is too hard on
me. L think have failed, and am sorry
was examined L replied. He made some
consoling reply and left me again to my re-
gretful thoughts and my books Among the
things which had bothered me was the diff
ference between an executive devise and a
contingent remainder and | went to bed
pulling my brain over the matter. The
next morning i came down to the Office ex-
pecting to be told that must study a while
lrw,r hen.z 4
soon Judge Eggleston came IN. Said he, alb
rupty:
ION which party does the onus probandi
burden of proof restT
Quick as flash / replied:
"'Et incumbent probatio qui dicit non aui
makes the charge and not him who denies it,
The Judge Immediately said to Mr.. Nor.
ris:
"'Make out the Young mans license
u bad pleased him by giving correctly
the Latin quotation above given, and was
made a lawyer
IMPROVING AN ACCIDENT.
al and another young man OF prominent
connections entered the practice of law at
Versailles about the same time. We were
intimate friends. / had no law books, and
the only book of any kind which possessed
was the tenth volume of Johnson's Shakes
peare, and the covers were torn off of that.
The other young lawyer had plenty OF books,
and was also drawing salary as Deputy
Clerk. Shortly after we two young legal
tledglings hung cut our shingles a client
came in to see me. He engaged me to prose.
cute another fellow for killing his canine
valuable dog, by the way. 1 brought
suit before Squire Gleason at Milan. |
drew up complaint gave it to my client
told him TO leave it with the Justice and
have the summons issued. The next day
the defendant came over and employed my
young friend, the Deputy Clerk. The day
came on which the trial was to take place.
! and the other young attorney had
come over to my fathers the night before,
and, both sanguine of success, slept together
in one OF mothers beds. About 10 O'Clock
on the appointed day the school-house where
the trial was to occur was full of people
anxious to enjoy the excitement of trial
and hear the lawyers plead. The two
young attorneys came in together and sat
had two books under his arm.
In this respect he was ahead of me, for had
none to bring. Squire Gleason sat in grave
and silent dignity. He had been school
master and Baptist deacon. He was now
potash boiler. He had DOTTED his potash suit,
however, and wore blue satInet suit instead.
When the hour for beginning business ar
trimmed spectacles and called the house to
order. The counsel for the defendant then
arose and offered demurrer setting forth
that the canine was a dog wild by
nature not susceptible to ownership;
and that in consequence, the complaint
was not sufficient to sustain an action. He
made good speech, and could tell from
the mods and whisperings of the people that
he was making a favorable impression.
had not looked for a demurrer, but had
never yet been at a loss for something to
say. How should / oppose the demurrer?
While studying on the matter, picked ND
one of my opponents books and noticed by
the title page that it had been printed in
London, England. A bright thought struck
me- AS soon as my opponent sat down, L
rose and said:
"'Your Honor, did not think my honor
able opponent would attempt TO deceive this
court Why, sir, this book was printed in
England, and he has been quoting English
law to you
al then handed the book TO the Magi strate |
for inspection, and went on in an eloquent
haraDgue against the British, aud so
aroused the patriotism of the Justice aud /.
those present that | won the case. The |
Justice got up and. looking sternly at the |
defendants counsel, said:
GAS this is your first offense, the court |
will excuse you. But il you ever attempt |
To deceive this cOurt again IL will fine Won /